Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 6
6
Rejected
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We recommend the Government fund training schemes specifically aimed at women in the Digital, AI,...
Recommendation
We recommend the Government fund training schemes specifically aimed at women in the Digital, AI, and the Green Economy through its Kickstart, New Training Fund and Restart programmes.
Government response summary AI-generated
The Government rejected the recommendation, stating that Restart is an open-specification program for all participants, and Kickstart is a job creation scheme for young people, not suitable for specific targeting as a training scheme for women.
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
Reject. Restart will support people regardless of their characteristics and has been designed as an open-specification provision with providers required to give a personalised offer for all participants, tailored to individual and local need. The programme is designed to maximise providers’ expertise and ability to find the best ways of supporting people into sustained work. Specifying in detail what is required can stifle these positive behaviours. Kickstart is a job creation scheme rather than a training scheme. It aims to help young people facing the greatest risk of long-term unemployment. This support is aimed at any young person facing particular disadvantage. DWP does not consider that targeting the scheme in this way would be suitable.
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